09.06.2016 - EU politicians say no to forests as easy option for curbing emissions
Seven political groups in the European Parliament on Wednesday called on the European Commission to prevent nations such as a Poland using forests to try to escape from cutting emissions in other areas. Following the Paris climate change agreement in December last year, the European Union is about to begin what is expected to be a fierce debate on how to cut emissions across the 28-member bloc. Poland, which is heavily reliant on coal, has been promoting the idea of climate neutrality, rather than decarbonisation and has said its forests can be used to offset emissions from other sectors...............................................Full Article: Source
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